According to police records, Tharold Simon's car was blocking Beulah Street when an officer asked him to move it. According to the report, Simon told the officer, "I own Eunice," and "I'm gonna buy these projects and you are gonna be mine," (sic) before finally moving his vehicle. The officer noted in the report that Simon spun his wheels and "backed the vehicle in an aggressive manner" and turned his radio "all the way up" while moving his car. The report also says Simon told the officer that "the mayor was on [his] side" and that the officer would be fire if he wrote a ticket. Simon is charged with public intimidation, resisting an officer, and unnecessary noise violation. He was released on bond.

Simon, a graduate of Eunice High School, is expected to be selected in the middle rounds of this weekend's NFL Draft. Eunice city officials are scheduled to proclaim today "Tharold Simon Day" during a ceremony this evening. Eunice Mayor Rusty Moody says the ceremony will go on as planned.

"In the United States, our justice system says everyone is innocent until proven guilty," Moody said.

What a weak set of charges. Public intimidation? Guess we don't have free speech anymore, and from those quotes it sounds so intimidating. Resisting an officer? He did what was asked of him. Timely? Maybe not but he still did it. Unnecessary noise? Pretty sure people are always blasting their music.